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president obama did run on restoring the rule of law to the fight against terrorist and al qaeda. but when the huffington post sam stiep asked him about torture prosecution, he expressed little interest in prosecution alleged war crimes. >> if there are clear instances of wrongdoing, then people should be prosecuted just like any ordinary citizen. but generally speaking, i'm more interested in looking forward than i am in looking backwards. >> joining us now to look backwards, mark staner, author of "torture and truth," america abu ghraib and the war on terror. thanks for being here. >> thank you. thanks for inviting me. >> mash, let's start right there. the president said he didn't want to look backward. a lot of people said that was a reverse crone languageal frame because all prosecution of crime is backward looking. it is the history that you have to deal with. tell us your reaction to both that statement and how it relates to this new controversy over the film. >> well, it's true we haven't reckoned with torture. in fact, we're living in this strange time in which president o
president obama did run on restoring the rule of law to the fight against terrorist and al qaeda. but when the huffington post sam stiep asked him about torture prosecution, he expressed little interest in prosecution alleged war crimes. >> if there are clear instances of wrongdoing, then people should be prosecuted just like any ordinary citizen. but generally speaking, i'm more interested in looking forward than i am in looking backwards. >> joining us now to look backwards, mark...
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gun laws should be made more strict. and that's a 14-point jump since last year. only 34% now essentially backing the status quo. how do you translate that soar of broad based openness in the capital where you and i know and everyone watching knows the nra still seems to have a lot of impact, they score these votes, not only on guns, they score the holder contempt vote, they score a lot of things and seem to move members of both parties. >> yeah. listen, i was not a big fan of -- i voted no on allowing guns in national parks. we actually had a woman who died in the northwest, backpacking and a young person thought she was an animal and shot her dead. that was an example recently of a change in my opinion in the other direction. i think instead of drawing lines right now and instead of -- you know, we had these incredible tragedies, what we immediate to do is come together and say how do we want to respond. i'm hoping if we take that approach, that -- my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will look at this and say we can do better than what we currently have. >>
gun laws should be made more strict. and that's a 14-point jump since last year. only 34% now essentially backing the status quo. how do you translate that soar of broad based openness in the capital where you and i know and everyone watching knows the nra still seems to have a lot of impact, they score these votes, not only on guns, they score the holder contempt vote, they score a lot of things and seem to move members of both parties. >> yeah. listen, i was not a big fan of -- i voted...
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democrats have the house and senate and can lock those pieces in, they'll use their power to pass a law. >> we got to run, but i'll get you back in. >>> next up, we're going to look at the potential nomination of former senator chuck hagel. will he go the way of ambassador susan rice, who was discussed, attacked, and, of course, never even nominated? we're going to tackle that. >>> plus, bold sartorial choices, teleprompter troubles and a whole lot of doritos. that scratches the surface at this table on "now." we have a special romp through the highlights of 2012. you're not going to want to miss it. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> have you heard about the latest controversial name floated for the president's cabinet? chuck hagel is getting hammered for statements about guy and jewish statements. is he too liberal on foreign policy for republicans or just too close to o
democrats have the house and senate and can lock those pieces in, they'll use their power to pass a law. >> we got to run, but i'll get you back in. >>> next up, we're going to look at the potential nomination of former senator chuck hagel. will he go the way of ambassador susan rice, who was discussed, attacked, and, of course, never even nominated? we're going to tackle that. >>> plus, bold sartorial choices, teleprompter troubles and a whole lot of doritos. that...
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those are enshrined into law for five years. those were sort of important things that went in for the working class and the republicans didn't like that either. >> that was a huge deal in this deal. these tax cuts, the earned income, it's an expanded earned income tax credit, expansion of the child tax credit, and expansion of a college tax credit. these single most progressive elements of the current tax code, they help the poor hugely. these are big increases in incomes for the actual working poor. obviously, the best argument you can make out of it is it is very large based, largely progressive. you don't pay payroll taxes over $110,000, but tax cuts for $80,000, $90,000. >> thank you very much, ezra klein. we really appreciate it. >>> we will come back, and when we do, more about the blood clot that's causing secretary of state hillary clinton's hospitalization, also a live update on concerns and her condition next. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton remains in the hospital as doctors continue to treat a blood clot stemm
those are enshrined into law for five years. those were sort of important things that went in for the working class and the republicans didn't like that either. >> that was a huge deal in this deal. these tax cuts, the earned income, it's an expanded earned income tax credit, expansion of the child tax credit, and expansion of a college tax credit. these single most progressive elements of the current tax code, they help the poor hugely. these are big increases in incomes for the actual...
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that's less than two-thirds of the laws passed in the previous congress. the gridlock will likely continue, but if the 113th can find common ground on a few big pieces of legislation, it could earn a passing grade. so this is a live shot of the house and senate, and while we are looking at what's going on, they're going to start gavelling it in. i do want to allow our panel to weigh in on this worst congress ever whether we think that the 113th could possibly be any worse than the current one. i'm going right to karen. karen is laughing the hard errs, first of all, and second of all -- >> you know, you have to respect john boehner. he doesn't seem to care, right? it's been called the worst congress for months and months and months. he seems impervious to all of the criticism. he just keeps doing his thing. he has no problems saying, yeah, i got ow that sandy vote and then psych, right? he seems like he is fine. my only hope, i will say, is that with more democrats and more women who may have a better session of congress, but with these republican men in ch
that's less than two-thirds of the laws passed in the previous congress. the gridlock will likely continue, but if the 113th can find common ground on a few big pieces of legislation, it could earn a passing grade. so this is a live shot of the house and senate, and while we are looking at what's going on, they're going to start gavelling it in. i do want to allow our panel to weigh in on this worst congress ever whether we think that the 113th could possibly be any worse than the current one....